The Man in Seat Sixty-One
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The Man in Seat Sixty-One
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#2I love this site: it’s such a nice reminder of the information-rich sites of the early 2000s, and it’s been extremely useful in planning journeys over the years.
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#3This guy posts some really unique information -- I used his site back in 2012 when I first visited Myanmar after the end of sanctions. His site had a full train timetable, cabin descriptions and a guide for buying tickets (accurate, none the less) when there was basically zero other information out there. Took the train from Yangon to Mandalay, and it was definitely an experience! Also, more recently, the Norther Explorer train from Wellington to Auckland.
I've also researched all sorts different train rides, like the journey from Shenzhen to Urumqi and the trans-siberian, neither of which I've gotten to (yet!).
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#4I love this site: it’s such a nice reminder of the information-rich sites of the early 2000s, and it’s been extremely useful in planning journeys over the years.
Same. Probably one of the best sites in this category. No fluff, not filled with a dozen ads, simple navigation, and 90% of the time, really accurate information
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#5I travel from Portugal to Singapore via trains and I wouldn't have survived without this site.
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#6I've been a huge fan of this site for years now. It reminds me of the early internet - personal, full of useful information, and not constantly trying to growth hack, A/B test, optimize and redesign every single part of a website.
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#7I took the train from Cairo to Alexandria in Egypt a few months ago and this site had information that even local Egyptians couldn't provide me. It blows my mind how this guy not only provides so much information, but also regularly updates it - even in countries where this information can be very uncertain.
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#8Such a massive amount of custom information is quite impressive. I wonder how a single man can maintain all of it up to date, as it seems to be mostly written by hand.
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#9Can we please have more sites like this on the internet.
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#10You probably didn't notice, but he went through and updated each page to work on mobile devices. It's amazing how much effort and love he puts into this site: https://www.seat61.com/mobile-version.htm
His concise monthly European rail news is also great: https://www.seat61.com/news.htm